Cannot get into ipod like a hard drive

When I look on itunes and select my ipod I cannot delete songs or playb them they are all greyed out. Can someone help please, and also when you go to my computer and select the ipod it should be like a hard drive and browse your ipod but it doesnt show the files either. Thanks

How come the songs are greyed out and you cannot delete them from the ipod?
Because an iPod which is set to sync automatically will contain all the content set to sync with it in iTunes up to the iPod's capacity, and no other content from iTunes. It needs to be set to manage music manually to do that.
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